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From the supplier: Danilo Kis' 'Hourglass' is an exercise in indeterminacy and the letter at the end of the novel furthers the sense of lack of coherence. Kis' language and theme in 'Hourglass' rejects the traditional detective genre and its premise that there is one answer which can be logically worked out. There is a recurrent use of words such as 'maybe' and 'perhaps' which suggest indecisiveness. The concluding letter from Kis' father should not be read as a solution to the puzzle because the novel establishes that there are no direct answers for the questions raised. Kis' technique is a demonstration of Raymond Queneau's theories in 'Exercises in Style.'
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Title: Kis's 'Hourglass' and the poetics of possibility. (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis)
Author: Karen Rosenberg
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n1 Page: p144(3)
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From the supplier: Danilo Kis' 'Hourglass' is an exercise in indeterminacy and the letter at the end of the novel furthers the sense of lack of coherence. Kis' language and theme in 'Hourglass' rejects the traditional detective genre and its premise that there is one answer which can be logically worked out. There is a recurrent use of words such as 'maybe' and 'perhaps' which suggest indecisiveness. The concluding letter from Kis' father should not be read as a solution to the puzzle because the novel establishes that there are no direct answers for the questions raised. Kis' technique is a demonstration of Raymond Queneau's theories in 'Exercises in Style.'
Citation Details
Title: Kis's 'Hourglass' and the poetics of possibility. (Paul Auster/Danilo Kis)
Author: Karen Rosenberg
Publication: The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 1994
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: v14 Issue: n1 Page: p144(3)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
